stenography
/stəˈnɑɡɹəfi/noun
stenography is spelled S-T-E-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stenography means “The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stenography is stenographies.
How many letters and syllables are in stenography?
| Letters | 11: S-T-E-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stenography?
Stenography appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stenography?
- UK /stɪˈnɒɡɹəfi/
- US /stəˈnɑɡɹəfi/
- US /stɛˈnɑɡɹəfi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stenography.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stenography?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stenography from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡɹəfi/):
- photography
- geography
- biography
- pornography
- choreography
- topography
- discography
- tomography
- typography
- oceanography
- ethnography
- historiography
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of stenography
- stenographies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stenography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stenography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sténographie |
| German | Stenographie, Kurzschrift |
| Portuguese | taquigrafia, estenografia |
| Spanish | taquigrafía, estenografía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stenography come from?
From steno- (“narrow”) + -graphy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).